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Whose batting stance did you emmulate...

zef204zef204 Posts: 4,742 ✭✭
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...when you were young. I loved Andre Dawson's.
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    CubfanCubfan Posts: 1,545
    In grade school, Ron Santo. In high school, Jim Rice.
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    DeutscherGeistDeutscherGeist Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭✭
    Mattingly and Van Slyke
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    donnnsterdonnnster Posts: 266
    I tried Julio Franco's bat pointing at the pitcher stance but realized I wasn't as strong as him and couldnt get my bat around fast enough. I settled with a Ryne Sandberg type swing. Very simple and efficient. None of the waggling nervous tick kinda approach ya see in some players.
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    kuhlmannkuhlmann Posts: 3,326 ✭✭
    super joe mcewing! lol

    nah i still swing like sheffield
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    ThrowdownThrowdown Posts: 189
    Cap Anson
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    SDSportsFanSDSportsFan Posts: 5,094 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I always liked Joe Morgan's chicken-flap and Willie Stargell's windmillimage


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    stevekstevek Posts: 27,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mantle.
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    CardsFanCardsFan Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭
    Mattingly. I'd try the Strawberry high leg lift if we were playing around.
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    ctsoxfanctsoxfan Posts: 6,246 ✭✭
    Carl Yastrzemski. I copied his stance, and swing, exactly. Even wore his number 8 when I played Little League.
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    AxtellAxtell Posts: 10,037 ✭✭
    Rickey Henderson...with that super low slung stance, although I did copy a bit of Carew with the bat parallel to the ground to drive it better.

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    AkbarCloneAkbarClone Posts: 2,476 ✭✭✭
    I also use to copy the Yaz stance
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    ptperptper Posts: 146
    I can't explain why, but I copied Tony Perez when I was in Little League and still do when I play softball.
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    smallstockssmallstocks Posts: 1,598 ✭✭✭✭
    Carew when I batted lefty.

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    sagardsagard Posts: 1,898 ✭✭✭
    A right handed George Brett. His homer at Yankee Stadium to beat the Yanks in 1980 was very cool.
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    OnlypsahockeyOnlypsahockey Posts: 1,479 ✭✭
    Dwight Evans. Picture Tony Esposito holding a bat. image
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    Bosox1976Bosox1976 Posts: 8,536 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Another Yaz man.
    Mike
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    KnucklesKnuckles Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭
    Griffey Jr
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    sayheykid54sayheykid54 Posts: 779 ✭✭
    Vintage stance- Roberto Clemente
    Modern stance- Ken Griffey Jr.
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    MajorDanbyMajorDanby Posts: 1,343
    always loved griffey's swing. toony phillips had a unique stance....as did ripken. i tried to emulate bags stance...how he's played 14 years of ball with that stance is remarkable.
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    Light12Light12 Posts: 121
    Ready to laugh, Mickey Tenttleton. No Joke, still do on the occasional softball game.
    I'll tell you what to do.
    Go that way.
    Really fast.
    If something gets in your way, turn.
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    bengineno9bengineno9 Posts: 597
    Sadly enough, i'll admit. Todd Zeile. Hands down by the waist.
    Throw in a pair of Chris Sabo Rec-Specs i was very intimidating in LL.

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    TimeMachineTimeMachine Posts: 261
    Whiffle ball: Eddie Murray, from both sides

    Little League (City Ball): Don Mattingly

    Varsity H.S.: George Brett

    great thread zef...
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